Yes indeed:  I’m trying to come up with one for this coming fall for advanced undergrads on the nonhuman in early modern literature/culture.  It’s proving more complicated to choose primary texts than I thought, since I’m trying to get away from my usual over-reliance on Shakespeare.  Will check back in case anyone has suggestions . . . . and po…[Read more]

Actually … I just placed a syllabus there. Here’s hoping others will follow!

LOVE this idea! If you look to the left of this screen there is a button labeled “FILES.” We could use that as a repository for teaching materials that members are willing to share.

Jeffrey

That sounds like a great idea! I am piloting a new course I’ve developed called Daoism and the Environment and I am combining the Daodejing with more traditional environmental writing including many Native American poets and writers. This grew out of a paper I did last year for an Ecocriticism panel. We’re in our second week of classes and the…[Read more]

I’d be interested to hear papers thinking through the affinities and tensions generated by the convergence of ecocriticism with posthumanism (new materialisms, eg.). This might incorporate the kind of questions Serpil Opperman is imagining…

I would also like to volunteer for the initial executive committee of the Creative Writing forum.

I would be delighted to serve on the initial executive committee of the Creative Writing Forum.

I strongly support this initiative to recognize Creative Writing as a vibrant field that is integral to the mission of the Modern Language Association.  Elizabeth Losh, UC San Diego

Hi, Jessica and Jack. Actually, the Petition thread is the spot to sign, but your support is registered!

I support the RCWS Creative Writing Forum.  The conversation and collaboration between artists & scholars is crucial to the dynamism of our collective work in Literary Studies.  In particular, I am thinking of new literary explorations conducted within a “digitally-born” context (i.e. Electronic Literature).  – Mia Zamora, @MiaZamoraPhD

I, Lee Skallerup Bessette, support the formation of this forum.

Signed.

I hope this is the right place to sign in favor of the initiative.

-jessica pressman

I support the creation of this forum.

I am adding my name in support of this group and forum: Chuck Rybak

I support the creation of this forum.

I support the establishment of this forum.